拍品 111
111
A HILTED KNIFE (KARD)
A HILTED KNIFE (KARD)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

细节
A HILTED KNIFE (KARD)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered-steel blade tapering to point, the jadeite hilt with two stones set into silver rosette mounts, the silver sheath decorated in repoussé, one side with scrolling floral vine, the other with registers of figural scenes including Christian imagery, such as St. George killing the dragon, the ground decorated with blue, turquoise, green and yellow enamels
14 1/8in. (36.2cm.) long

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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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拍品专文

A similar Ottoman dagger is attributed by Robert Hales to the 18th century (Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion, 2013, no. 187, p. 84). The sheath of our present dagger is unusual in that it was clearly made for a Christian patron.

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